The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-12-08
EnNpW ranNoH PRESIDENT.


Crews successor as President of
France is Sadi-Carnot. The cnolce
seems to give general satlsiactioh'
Messrs. Ferry and Freycinet Dotn Will
drew in favor of Sadi- -CaFnot ana tne
vote stood: M. Sadi- Carnot, GIG; Gen
eral Saussier, 1856; M. Ferry IL; N. Frey
cinet. 5; Appert, 5; and Pyat1 l. Messrs,
Ferry and Freycinet could consistently
support M. Sadi- CarnOt, as ne held q
portfolio in the cabinets Of both.
Marie Francis Sadi- Carnot IS hfty
wears old and is the grandson Of Carnot,
the famous war minister of the French
revolution. Sadi CaFnot was educated
as a government engineer, having pass
ed with honor through the poly ytechnIc
school of bridges and roads, leaving the
latter in 1868. He was given soon atter
the post of engineer at Annecy.
Upon the downfall of the Empire
and the formation of the new govern
ment Sadi- CarnOt was appointed, jan
uary 10. 1871, perfect of Seine -lnferluree
and commissary extraordinary charged
with the national defense in three de-
partments of Seine Inferiure, Eure and
Ealyados. He was elected month
later a member of the national assem-
| blv from the department OF Cote dOr
and joined the group known as the ne
publican Left. AS member OF thaI
group he voted for all measures TEND
ing to adopt as whole the constltutiona- a
al laws. Inthe election OF February 1910,
he was elected to the Chamber OF Depu-
| ties from the reimbursement OF Beaune
bv a vote of 1858 to 500. In the new
| Chamber he followed the same line
POLITICALLY as in the preceding assem-
bly and was elected secretary. He was
! one of the famous 1868 who, after the
act of Nav 18th, 1877, refused to vote
confidence in the De Broglie ministry
and who went to the people on that
issue. In the election of October l4tn,
| following that appeal to the country, he
was reelected by vote OF 1884 10
1924. the official candidate opposing
him being Benoit Champy, Jr.
In 1878 he was chosen to make tne
budget report of the ministry OF public
| works, and in August of that year was
made under Secretary of State Of tnat
| ministry and given special charge OF
l vast schemes of internal navigation
l which has been recommended by him
dIlu pdIJly duOpJCu. W hOh a..
ber, 1880 M. Narrow followed de Frey.
cinet in his retirement from office
Sadi- Carnot was given his portfolio OF
Minister of Public Works. AT the
| election in August, 1881, he was ne.
l turned to the chamber by his old con
/ stituency without opposition, retaining
his portfolio of Public Works until the
| fall of the Ferry cabinet in November
| 1881.
One of the chiefs of the Democratic
Left and President of that group he
was also one of the four Vice Presi-
dents of the Chamber of Deputies. On
| the formation of the Brisson Cabinet
| of 1885 he resumed his old portfolio OF
| of public works, but exchanged it some
DAYS after for that ordinance, taking
the place vacated by M. Clamageran
In the new election of October, 1885, he
was reelected, and retained the port
folio of finance in the de Freycinet Cab
met of January Z, 1856. Upon meeting
the Chamber as member of that Cabi-
| net he had the courage to avow the con-
cealed deficits of his predecessors and
urged upon the Chamber the absolute
| necessity of severe economies. With
the fall of the de Freycinet Ministry in
December, 1886, he went out of office.